feat(user/mp4_make480.sh):Use GNU parallel, split into functions
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1(defun remove-single-newlines ()
2 ;; Desc: Replace all single newlines with spaces.
3 ;; Date: 2024-02-24
4 "Remove single newlines, joining lines that are separated by a single newline, while preserving paragraphs separated by multiple newlines."
5 (interactive)
6 (let ((start (point-min)) (end (point-max)))
7 (save-excursion
8 (goto-char start)
9 (while (re-search-forward "\\([^\n]\\)\n\\([^\n]\\)" end t)
10 ;; Check if the newline is followed by another newline (indicating a paragraph break)
11 (unless (looking-at-p "\n")
12 (replace-match "\\1 \\2" nil nil))))))
13
14(defun remove-single-newlines-region (start end)
15 ;; Desc: Replace all single newlines in a selected region with spaces.
16 ;; Date: 2024-02-24
17 "Remove single newlines in the selected region, joining lines separated by a single newline, while preserving paragraphs separated by multiple newlines."
18 (interactive "r") ; "r" means this function should use the region start and end as arguments when called interactively
19 (save-excursion
20 (goto-char start)
21 (while (re-search-forward "\\([^\n]\\)\n\\([^\n]\\)" end t)
22 ;; Check if the newline is followed by another newline (indicating a paragraph break)
23 (unless (looking-at-p "\n")
24 (replace-match "\\1 \\2" nil nil)))))